How do i play civ 3 the way i want to play it?

[snoochems]

So, let me get this straight. Conquests will have everything that PTW had, plus a lot moore cool stuff.
....so would i be a fool to go out and but PTW now?

is there any advantage in owning both expansions over just Conquests?

[Konquest02]

As far as I know, nope...!

[snoochems]

I can't find exactly where i'm suppose to change the map sizes... help

[snoochems]

How about editing the capitol curruption distance?

[snoochems]

BTW guys, are there any REHAB clinics for ppl who are addicted to civ3?

[vmxa1]

Originally posted by snoochems
BTW guys, are there any REHAB clinics for ppl who are addicted to civ3?

No but we did have a thread on the subject. I t dealt with a means to limit play time IIRC.

[vmxa1]

Originally posted by snoochems
How about editing the capitol curruption distance?

Take a crusie through the creation thread. It may have those answers.

[Jaybe]

(The following apply to the PTW editor)

Luxuries do not run out.

You can modify the game so they can (Natural Resources tab). But they do not reappear as with Strategic Resources: once they go, they are gone and you will have to adjust with your Entertainment slider.

I can't find exactly where i'm suppose to change the map sizes... help

World Sizes tab

How about editing the capitol curruption distance?

You don't, directly, because it is relative to other cities. There is World Sizes tab, Optimal Number of Cities. Also, Difficulty Levels tab, "Percentage of optimal cities" and Corruption level slider.

The way I want to play Conquests is to be able to have ANY (not just fast) units retreat from combat. Not that I have much hope in the matter, but I am an old-time (pre-computer) wargamer where "Defender Retreat" was a common result.

EDIT: I want any unit to be able to retreat, regardless of fast unit status.

[Egbert]

Re: How do i play civ 3 the way i want to play it?

Originally posted by snoochems

but i want to play a game where the planet is HUGE. I don't mean huge as in the games version of 'huge'. I'm thinking of something like 4x that size.

Another thing you guys may be able to help me with is, How many cities can you have in Civ 3? Is there a limit where things start to get ugly?

Exactly how good is the AI later in ther game?

The maximum number of cities in any game is 512 for all civs combined.

Within that overall limit of 512, individual civs are limited by corruption. You can go into the editor to change the optimium city number which effectively controls the number of cities an AI civ will build. You may also change the corruption values in the editor (see the "world sizes" tab IIRC). You can effectively edit corruption out but every civ will then be trying to build 512 cities each.

The AI is serviceable in the later game. The AI is not good at invading another continent and does co-ordinate its attacks well and has a few tactical problems. The AI really needs to outnumber you to put up any sort of fight (but then the AI in any game I have ever played needs to outnumber the human).

[Brandenburg]

If you ever want to start a game like your talking about, Im down to play. My ICQ is 264629772

[snoochems]

Brandenburg, i'd love too, but i havent' got a decent internet connection.

[Theseus]

You might like to try AU 402: Gargantua.

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=90539

[vmxa1]

Now that is cruel.

[Theseus]

It's pretty much what was requested, although perhaps not as spread out.

[vmxa1]

If I ever get the problem resolved with PTW and my PC, I am thinking of playing that one again, but this time play it normally, to see how long the turns get to be.